Lewis Hamilton has finally won again, although it only happened with a little help from Red Bull. After Sebastian Vettel went out of the race, there was nothing that could stop Lewis. Alonso kept close but was no challenge, while Jenson Button finished in 3rd place.

richard_leeds wrote:We saw both RB and Ferrari struggling with snap oversteer, the rear end suddenly flipping around. It caused Webber to do a 180 on the straight while Alonso, Vettel and Massa managed to get to the end of the straight before the rear flipped on the braking zone for turn 1 and sent them off track.

Odd that both cars for both teams had very similar problems with rear stability for the same corner.

Glock also went off at turn 1, but that wasn't as dramatic, it was more of a sideways slide once he was halfway around the corner.

It was driver error in my opinion, vettel admitted he took to much speed on entry and hit the curb, alonso took way to much speed as well, and webber took WAY to much curb when he went for a spin.

If I believe correctly Hamilton has always been really good on Abu Dabhi, last year he was quicker through the third sector as well when he shouldnt have, the Red Bull itself was much quicker there. Hamilton has always been really really good in S3 of this circuit, didnt shock me that much really

Singapore – got a flyer, but pushed off the track by webber and passed by everyone round the outside.Japan – as fast as the Ferraris, didn't really get mugged.Korea – start was just fine again.India - Again, a good start, but got boxed in and mugged.

I don't really see any high likelihood of him getting trashed into T1 tomorrow.

Congrats to Vettel again - he delivered when it mattered most whereas Hamilton and particularly Webber didn't. I think the race has the potential to be interesting between the top 4 if DRS works well and we see some tyre wear.

Depressing weekend as a Ferrari fan, but it was to be expected - we knew we would struggle with the traction demands of the circuit (just like we struggled in Singapore).

wesley123 wrote:If I believe correctly Hamilton has always been really good on Abu Dabhi, last year he was quicker through the third sector as well when he shouldnt have, the Red Bull itself was much quicker there. Hamilton has always been really really good in S3 of this circuit, didnt shock me that much really

Last year Hamilton was 1 tenth off Vettel in S1, 1 tenth off in S3, and 2 tenths up in S2.

Hamilton sets a new precedent by driving the fastest lap around the track and failing to get pole. A question of 'when it matters' ? I personally think he could've repeated his Q2 time had he been the first driver to start the final lap instead of 3rd. Alonso was a few seconds up the road, it might've affected his concentration a bit, if not cause any aero loss. Looked like he was far away so as not to cause any aero loss though.

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